I don't get all the hype around this. It wasn't

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>it's the third "funny literal interpretation of title" ebin meme thread this day

>o_look_its_this_thread_again.jpg

>>9408072
why call it a comedy if it isn't a comedy?

>>9408081
Excellent bait

>>9408097
I'm being serious. Can nobody explain this shit to me?

>>9408114
Probably everyone, because this thread is made every day.

>>9408114
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-it-called-the-Divine-Comedy

first google result you fucking tard

>>9408122
No need to be so rude.

A 'commedia' was just a story with a happy ending. Contrast it with tragedy.

>everyone I don't like suffers in hell in whatever way I deem fitting
>this is a great work of literature

Dante does it again!

>>9408122
>you fell for obvious memeposting

>can't read Italian
>doesn't get the greatness of Dante
Fucking disgusting monolingual burgers.

>>9410718
>Needing to read Italian to get the greatness

>>9408063
"Comedy" here only means it is told in the vernacular and progresses from sadness to a happy ending.

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Which religion has the best epic poem?

>>9408738
the meme answer people always give is that it was written in a 'vulgar' language rather than in latin

alt; comedy ends in marriage tragedy ends in death
>tfw the divine comedy was a proposal to Beatrice

>>9411853
funny pic, saved

>>9408063
you didn't think the part with all the demons cracking wise was funny? did you not read it? or do you prefer the humorous stylings of adam sandler?